Suspenders.



G. F. ATWOOD.

SUSPENDERS.

APPLIUATION FILED mm: 1, 1912.

1, 125,792, Patented Jan. 19,1915.

IV] T NE SSE S [NVENTOR GEORGE E. ATWOOD, OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS,

JAMES B. CARRIGAN, 0F POULTNEY,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VERMONT.

SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Application filed June 1, 1912. Serial No. 700,973.

2' 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. A'rwooD, a citizen of the United States, residing at vVakefield, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to suspenders; and it has for its object to provide suspenders constructed in a sample and inexpensive manner with a view to allowing freedom of motion of the person wearing the suspenders, and this without entailing the making of the straps of the suspenders of elastic material.

The invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a rear view of suspenders constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one of the couplings embodied in the suspenders.

Similar numerals of reference corresponding drawings.

My novel suspenders comprise shoulder straps 1, and these may be of any suitable type and may be equipped at their forward ends with any approved means for their connection to buttons or other attaching devices on the front portion of the Waistband of a pair of trousers, without in any way affecting my invention.

In addition to the shoulder straps 1, my novel suspenders comprise looped straps'2 connected to and extending inward from the rear end portions of the shoulder straps 1, and back straps 3. The straps 2 are connected together and the adjacent ends of the shoulder straps and the back straps 3 are connected by couplings 4. These couplings are similar in construction, and therefore a detailed description of one coupling will sufdesignate parts in both Views of the -fice to impart a definite understanding of the several couplings. The coupling 4 referred to comprises two members formed by preference of wire, and an open link 5. Each member has a back bar 6 adapted to be disposed in the bight of the loop of its respective strap, and each member also has forward bars 7 spaced from the back bar 6 and mergedinto a loop 8.

It is the loops of the members l comprised in the coupling that loosely receive and hold against material endwise movement the link 5, while permitting of free swinging movement of said link in horizontal vertical and oblique planes. It will be manifest from this that the coupling members are adapted to freely move inward and outward, and are also adapted to freely rock and swing in various directions with respect to each other. By virtue of this, it will be manifest that the suspenders are adapted to freely accommodate themselves to the movements of the upper portion of the body of a wearer, and hence it is feasible to make all of the straps of non-elastic material which contributes materially to the cheap- ;ness of the suspenders. It will also be manifest that the couplings are inexpensive, and are adapted to be expeditiously and easily incorporated in the suspenders, with the result that the couplings do not materially increase the cost of the suspenders.

The adaptability of the suspenders constructed as described to conform to-every motion of the body, not only renders it unnecessary to form the straps of elastic webbing or other elastic material, but the suspenders are also advantageous because the construction permits of the buttons on the rear portion of the waistband being placed far apart, which is always preferable.

At their lower ends the back-straps 3 may be provided with any means ompatible with the purpose of my invention for effecting connection of said straps to the back buttons on a-pair of trousers.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that considered as a whole my novel suspenders, notwithstanding the adaptability of the same to freely play with the movements of the body of the wearer, are simple and easily manufactured, and may therefore be produced and sold with profit for a small price. It will also be gathered that by'virtue of the members of each coupling lying in substantially the same plane, the couplings are not liable to render the suspenders uncomfortable.

Having described my invention, hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

Suspenders comprising shoulder straps, straps connected to and extending inwardly from the shoulder straps, at points adjacent the rear ends thereof and having their inner ends spaced apart, back straps having their upper ends spaced from and opposed to the lower ends of the shoulder straps, a universal connection intermediate the inner endsnof. the second-named straps, and uni versal connections intermediate the lower ends of the shoulder straps and the upper ends of the back straps.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE F. ATlVOOD. Witnesses:

W. H. ROWLAND, G.'L. RUSSELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing thefllommissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0.. 

